Ac cent tchu ate The Positive

You've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive and eliminate the negative

And latch on to the affirmative but don't mess with Mister In-Between

You've got to spread joy up to the maximum

And bring gloom down to the minimum

And have faith or pandemonium is liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate my last remark

Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark

What did they do just when everything looked so dark?

Man, I said you got to

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive

And eliminate the negative

And hang on to that affirmative but don't mess with Mister In-Between

To illustrate my last remark

Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark

Tell me what did they do just when everything, everything looked so dark?

Man I said, you've got to ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive

And eliminate the negative and hang on to that affirmative

But don't mess, don't mess with Mister In-Between

No, no, don't mess, Oh baby I said don't mess, you better not

Don't mess with Mister in-between, yeah